With only a few days to the deadline for recapitalisation within the insurance industry, foreign-owned companies are now evidently poised to dominate the market. The deadline, originally set for June 30, 2021, was first extended to January 2022 and for an additional six months to June 202, due to effects...
In line with its agenda of supporting the SME sector, FBNBank Ghana is organising a business forum for its clients which would help position SMEs to benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The event which would be virtual forms part of the Bank’s 25th anniversary celebrations and...
A three-month investigation based on interviews with dozens of fishery experts, company records and financial documents has revealed an opaque network of Chinese control and ownership of many industrial fishing vessels operating in Ghanaian waters - in contravention of local laws. The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) - an NGO that...
The spate of legal tussles within the petroleum upstream industry poses a real threat to sustainability of the nation’s oil production, say experts. The experts, including Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Upstream Petroleum Chamber, David Ampofo, and Executive Director of the Institute for Energy Security (IES), Nana Amoasi VII,...
Standard Bank, parent company of Stanbic Bank Ghana, has said the country may have to wait till 2024 to return to its deficit threshold of 5%. In its March 2021 Flash Note of the African Markets Revealed (AMR) report, Standard Bank reported that this is not an isolated case...
Digitalization with respect to private pensions is the reorganization of pension business and service delivery using Information and Communication Technologies to create digital relationships between the Trustee and the Contributor/Client (T2C); between the Trustee, Fund Manager and the Custodian (T2F2C); between the Regulator, Trustee, Fund Manager, Custodian R2T2F2C); and...
The Vodafone Ghana Foundation in conjunction with the Vodafone Business Unit has donated 200 brand-new laptops to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to aid in the institutionalisation of blended teaching and learning methods across the school. The donation forms part of a number of philanthropic activities...
This month’s Research Paper briefly focuses on the following Regional Economic Communities Southern African Development Community (SADC) Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS)  Mr. Gerald Ekow Woode Lead-Research Fellow (Policy and Advocate) Ghana International Trade & Finance Conference (GITFiC) [email protected] Introduction Since independence over five decades...
For many musicians, the sole passion for their craft is fuelled by attention and praise from the fan base, winning a competition and earning money. Although one would not say that it is wrong, for Kobina Annan, the pursuit is simple – living a life worthy of his calling;...
Global Media Alliance Broadcasting Company (GMABC), the parent company of media giants Happy FM, YFM and e.TV Ghana has set aside the month of April to celebrate technology and its advancements, especially in the era of COVID-19, as part of its themed month series. As a responsible media house, the...